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WorksheetsChapter 10 Expanding West and Overseas
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What role did the discovery of gold play in the expansion of the United States?
The discovery of gold convinced settlers to move across the Appalachian Mountains into the Midwest.
The discovery of gold attracted settlers to western areas that later became states.
The discovery of gold led to the development of new types of technology.
The discovery of gold made many people rich enough to buy large ranches in Texas.
How did the movement of people to the West impact economic development in the East?
The movement of people to the West allowed access to raw materials needed by factories in the East.
Pioneers who had moved to the West provided money to expand cities in the East.
Ranchers and miners who had moved to the West provided jobs for people living in the East.
The movement of people to the West convinced many immigrants to move to cities in the East.
Based on the map, what is one possible explanation of why the portion of railway built by the Union Pacific was longer than the portion built by the Central Pacific?
It was harder for the Union Pacific to obtain valuable resources from the Midwest.
The Union Pacific's portion crossed more flat land than the Central Pacific's portion did.
It is always easier to build from east to west than from west to east.
The Central Pacific's starting point was farther south than the Union Pacific's starting point.
Based on the map, which city served as the western end point of the transcontinental railroad?
Omaha
Promontory Point
San Francisco
Sacramento
Which of the following is a reason that miners and farmers in the West sometimes clashed with each other?
The farmers felt that the miners used too much of the water from local rivers and streams.
The miners' use of water wheels caused pollution in some rivers and streams.
The miners' use of mercury to mine gold poisoned some rivers and streams.
The farmers' use of fertilizer made it more difficult for miners to pan for gold in rivers and streams.
Why did cattle drives end at railroad towns?
Trains made it possible for cattle to be transported to cities farther east to be sold as meat.
Railroad towns were usually located very close to cattle ranches.
Railroad towns were usually located near rivers, making shipping of cattle easier.
Trains made it possible for cattle to be transported from eastern to western cities quickly.
What is one way that settlers modified their environment on the western plains?
They planted fast-growing crops.
They irrigated their crops.
They became ranchers instead of farmers.
They built their houses out of wood and mud.
"So I have filed adjoining Mr. Stewart and I am well pleased. I have a grove of twelve swamp pines on my place, and I am going to build my house there. I thought it would be very romantic to live on the peaks amid the whispering pines, but I reckon it would be powerfully uncomfortable also . . . and a dandy thing is, I have all the nice snow-water I want; a small stream runs right through the center of my land and I am quite near wood." —Elinore Pruitt Stewart, 1909
In the passage, what valuable resources does the homesteader have when she settles on her new land?
Pine trees and mountains
Snow and mountains
Wood and water
All of the answers
Which of the following shows the correct sequence in which important farming tools were invented?
Deere steel plow, Glidden barbed wire, Oliver iron plow, McCormick mechanical reaper
McCormick mechanical reaper, Oliver iron plow, Glidden barbed wire, Deere steel plow
McCormick mechanical reaper, Deere steel plow, Oliver iron plow, Glidden barbed wire
Deere steel plow, McCormick mechanical reaper, Oliver iron blow, Glidden barbed wire
What was one result of the belief in Manifest Destiny?
The United States put strict limits on immigration.
Americans began to search for gold in the West.
The United States became the world's largest country.
The United States no longer had a frontier.
How did tepees reflect the beliefs of the American Indians on the Great Plains?
American Indians believed in spending their money carefully, and tepees were inexpensive to build.
American Indians believed that they did not own the land, and tepees were easily moved from place to place
American Indians believed in living comfortably, and tepees were very warm during the cold winters.
American Indians believed in using materials that only they knew how to find to build their tepees.
American Indians on the Great Plains relied on the buffalo for —
food
shelter
clothing
All of the answers
"I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. . . . It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are—perhaps frozen to death. . . . Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." —Chief Joseph, 1877
According to this passage, why did Chief Joseph decide to surrender?
He wanted to take his people to safety in Canada.
He wanted to preserve his people's culture.
He was afraid he was going to die from a heart attack.
He did not want his people to keep suffering.
What led the Sioux to go to war in the 1870s?
A terrible drought destroyed most of the Sioux's crops.
American ranchers began leading cattle drives through Sioux land.
The Sioux followed their leader, Chief Joseph, into war.
American miners looking for gold took over Sioux land.
Why might some American Indians be upset at the way that both Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse died?
They might be upset that the two chiefs died during the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
They might be upset that the two chiefs were killed when they were being held in United States Army prisons.
They might be upset that the two chiefs were killed even though they were not fighting in a battle.
They might be upset that the two chiefs died while being forced to go on the Trail of Tears.
What was one result of the United States' economic success in the late 1800s?
The United States became the world's only political power.
The United States needed to seek new markets for its goods.
The United States signed treaties with countries such as Spain and Japan.
The United States decided to stop trading with foreign countries.
The Monroe Doctrine
The sinking of the Maine
Yellow journalism
The items on the list contributed to causing —
the opening of trade with Japan
the Spanish-American War
the building of the Panama Canal
the annexation of Hawaii
Based on the graph, between which years did United States foreign trade increase the most?
1875–1880
1885–1890
1895–1900
1905–1910
Which group pushed the hardest at first for the United States to annex Hawaii?
American business leaders
American military leaders
American gold miners
American newspaper owners
Why did many Americans call the purchase of Alaska "Seward's Folly"?
They believed that Seward had been cheated when he bought Alaska from Canada.
They believed that Alaska wasn't worth the money Seward paid to Russia.
They believed that only a few business owners would profit from the purchase.
They believed that buying Hawaii would have been a better idea.
